Smiley face with the Moon, Jupiter and Venus

Here are a couple of pics of the Smiley face that lined up tonight in the sky.

Movember

Gee I am glad it is now December, yes the Mo has gone. It grew pretty well for the month..... here are some pics of Chopper. Yes he has grown his ear back!

It is for a good cause so I suppose I don't mind too much its only one month out of tweleve.

My 30th still going! Girls weekend

Wow we had so much fun. Drank lots of wine, good company, loads of laughs and an all round great time.

Cindy spilled the beans at St Arnuad about where we were headed, Terri thought she was back in her P plate days doing laps around the round about and making Cindy & I dizzy and Gail must have had a few quick drinks before we got there by her graceful exit of the room! I didn't do anything to embarrass myself I am sure, although the girls will try and make some story up I bet!

Forgetting where was booked was almost a problem, Mick was called (which I am sure he thought we were legless already and we actually had not had a drop yet!)to see if he still had the name of the place but just as he almost got it Gail rang with the name. My stomach was so saw from laughing by the time we got to Horsham it wasn't funny.

It was fun trying to get a pic of the four of us using the timer hence the pic on the bed!

We went for a long walk passing some playground and some of us couldn't repress the inner child....

It was a fantastic weekend the kids and Mick coped without me! Thank you my dearest friends we will do this again!

Fashions on the Fields....

Cup fever hit and the girls had 'Fashions on the Fields'. I think they looked gorgeous. Kristina sent me a few pics of them actually on the catwalk as I couldn't make it.

Annie turns 30!

I turned thirty, oh my god.... yes it was a great night, except I didn't get too many pics as the batteries went flat in the camera. Oops, here are a couple of what Kristy took before the batteries died.

I had a really good night and even managed to keep the alcohol down, although I may have been a little bit tipsy!

Tumby Bay

Well I turned 30 and survived, hit a Kangaroo on the way over and cleaned lots of vomit!

We had a great time though. Soph got her first Ocean Fish - two actually a Puffer Fish and a King George Whiting. Xavier loved the beach and Em had a ball too....

The Sea Gulls were a favorite of Xave's. In the end whenever he walked out the door of the unit they all swamped to him.

It was a great trip even if I was sleep deprived after being awake for 28 hours on the way home. We drove through the night which made it much nicer for the kids to travel.

Rod & Maleika's Wedding

We finally got there! The holiday that wasn't meant to happen we decided....with Gastro in the car on the way over and on they way home. We had a great time when we were there though. Some pics from the wedding......Em is still trying to understand that getting married doesn't mean you're having a baby!

Play date with Rory....

Gemma and Rory came over for a play today and we headed to our favorite park.
The boys seem to get along very well, here are some of the pics we took.

At the Park....

It was a lovely sunny day on Saturday and Zac came over for a play while the Dads went detecting.


We decided it was a great day to go to the park. Here are some of the shots I took ....





Time for a quick cuddle!

















The troublesome trio!













"Oh you caught me"














I am so innocent, just look into my big brown eyes!













Digging away......

"Wow Zac I think I found some gold"

"I'm at the top.....get ready to catch me."

Sophie's Family party

The day continued after the big flight with a small family party for Sophie. Emily the little socialite that she is was at another friends party with Emily M, so Tasha stayed with us too which was lovely.


The kids all around for the birthday song and cake, all the kids had a turn at blowing out the candles.














Sophie being ever so careful with the knife, after Xavier nearly cut my leg when he grabbed the knife!










Xavier and Kody showing off their cake covered faces!












Tasha ever so photogenic after she had her cake, she really take a great picture every time.











Below Xavier is enjoying his cake earlier in the day then being a magpie as I fed him at tea time, the picture doesn't show how funny this really is to see!

Balloon flight over Bendigo

We rose very early Saturday morning for a special present for Sophie's birthday a balloon flight across Bendigo. Neither of the girls had any idea of what was happening, Em was first to switch onto what was happening when she saw the picture of the balloon in the vehicle's window that picked us up. Sophie looked absolutely stunned, think a few nerves may have set in for her. But they both went very well. It pretty cold on the ground but once we were up it was actually very warm.

We left from the Bendigo Show Grounds and landed in Emu Creek, about 2km the other side of Brady's Tavern. At one stage we were about 4300ft above sea level. The flight lasted about an hour or just over and we couldn't believe how well the pilot guided the basket through the trees when we were coming down to land, we could actually touch the branches on the side of the basket with our hands. When we were first choosing a paddock to land there was a very un-friendly bull in the paddock which was not happy we were thinking about landing in his paddock so we kept going over his paddock and into the next! We also say three Emu's and some Kangaroos when we were about to land.

After landing we all had to help with the packing up of the Balloon, it is amazing how small they actually pack the balloons up. After the flight we headed to The Boardwalk for Breakfast.

I think Emily actually enjoyed the flight the most.



This is the beginning of the setting up of the balloon .











The girls posing for a picture while the big anticipated wait until the balloon is ready for lift off!










Below Mick is holding the balloon with the other male passenger while it is being filled with air from a big fan .



The picture above is the inside of the balloon connected to the basket.


Some picture of Bendigo from the sky








Safely landed and the beginning of the packing up. The blue trailer is what the whole thing fits into when packed up.